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nasai-kubra:6426Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3632)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَادَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَالشَّطْرُ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ فَالثُّلُثُ؟ قَالَ «الثُّلُثُ والثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ»  


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nasai:3632Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large."  

النسائي:٣٦٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَادَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَالشَّطْرَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَالثُّلُثَ قَالَ الثُّلُثَ وَالثُّلُثُ كَثِيرٌ أَوْ كَبِيرٌ  

ahmad:1479Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > Saʿd

"O Messenger of Allah, shall I bequeath all of my wealth?" He said: "No." He said: "Half?" He said: "No." He said: "One-third?" He said: "One-third, and one-third is much or large." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3632)   

أحمد:١٤٧٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلا أُوصِي بِمَالِي كُلِّهِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبِالشَّطْرِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبِالثُّلُثِ؟ قَالَ الثُّلُثُ وَالثُّلُثُ كَبِيرٌ أَوْ كَثِيرٌ